The Park Police

[Ptarmigan]

The Park Police
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/park-police_762277.html

The conduct of the National Park Service over the last week might be the biggest scandal of the Obama administration. This is an expansive claim, of course. Benghazi, Fast and Furious, the IRS, the NSA, the HHS mandate​—​this is an administration that has not lacked for appalling abuses of power. And we still have three years to go.

Even so, consider the actions of the National Park Service since the government shutdown began. People first noticed what the NPS was up to when the World War II Memorial on the National Mall was “closed.” Just to be clear, the memorial is an open plaza. There is nothing to operate. Sometimes there might be a ranger standing around. But he’s not collecting tickets or opening gates. Putting up barricades and posting guards to “close” the World War II Memorial takes more resources and manpower than “keeping it open.”

The closure of the World War II Memorial was just the start of the Park Service’s partisan assault on the citizenry. There’s a cute little historic site just outside of the capital in McLean, Virginia, called the Claude Moore Colonial Farm. They do historical reenactments, and once upon a time the National Park Service helped run the place. But in 1980, the NPS cut the farm out of its budget. A group of private citizens set up an endowment to take care of the farm’s expenses. Ever since, the site has operated independently through a combination of private donations and volunteer workers.

Jonathan Last writes that the National Park Service's conduct is the biggest scandal right next to Benghazi and Fast and Furious.

[DLR Pyro]

The Park Police
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/park-police_762277.html

Jonathan Last writes that the National Park Service's conduct is the biggest scandal right next to Benghazi and Fast and Furious.

It's a damn shame the corrupt obama administration didn't deem it necessary to dedicate as many resources to protect the consulate in Benghazi as they are using to keep American Citizens from visiting the National landmarks in DC.

[thundley4]

The Park Police have been acting like the civilian military that Obama talked about creating.

[redwhit]

It's a damn shame the corrupt obama administration didn't deem it necessary to dedicate as many resources to protect the consulate in Benghazi as they are using to keep American Citizens from visiting the National landmarks in DC.

They've been more interested in keeping WWII vets away from visiting a memorial than they ever were about maintaining order and sanitation around Occupy camps.

[Dori]

An AP poll has Obama's approval rate down to 37%.

 



http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=230635128

[Bad Dog]

An AP poll has Obama's approval rate down to 37%.

 

I think the military survivor assistance mess should help that number.  He really has nowhere to hide from that FUBAR.

[DumbAss Tanker]

An AP poll has Obama's approval rate down to 37%.

 



http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=230635128

And the stupid ****er thinks he's winning, too, though I'm sure Jarrett is telling him that as well.

Hey, Barky, it doesn't matter how low the approval rating of Congress is versus yours, people don't vote for "Congress" as a single entity.  All that matters over there is what the people in a Representative's District, or a Senator's State, think of THEIR guy, even if they hate the stinking guts of every last one of the other 533 Congresscritters in that building.  If you'd ever actually had a job that involved something more than sucking on a silver spoon or yelling 'Racism' at the Big Government ATM, maybe you would have developed the ability to think this through, but nooooo, Putin showed the whole world what you brought to the game.  You make Tricky Dick's "Bunker mentality" look like Glasnost by comparision.

[thundley4]

I think the military survivor assistance mess should help that number.  He really has nowhere to hide from that FUBAR.

Jay Carney claimed that Obama didn't know about that until this morning and immediately ordered the OMB to find the money to pay them.  Funny, they still haven't found the money, but a charitable organization is putting up the money.

How the hell can Obama claim to be ignorant of something that has been news for a few days? You have to be drinking a lot of Kool Aid to believe him.

[Fourwinds]

The whole situation with the park rangers and the WWII memorial is an eye opener. The very fact it basically it costs more to close it than keep it open shows exactly how vindictive this administration is. There isn't a low they haven't been willing to stoop.

[Wineslob]

The whole situation with the park rangers and the WWII memorial is an eye opener. The very fact it basically it costs more to close it than keep it open shows exactly how vindictive this administration is. There isn't a low they haven't been willing to stoop.

This.